Fans have been working around the clock since a new teaser site appeared for Frictional Games’ suspected follow-up to the acclaimed indie horror title, Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Not only has the blurred image been revealed as a freaky tunnel entrance, with what looks like a limbless corpse (ew), but fans have tracked down the latest hint, which leads to a tower in Seattle called Smith Tower. Inside that you’ll find The Chinese Room, named after the furniture it houses, donated from the Empress of China herself. Speculation suggest the new game may have some connection to China and its history.

Fans have also uncovered an interactive feature on the site, which has since revealed the picture above (called “fragment_ebola.jpg”), and a coded series of letters: “P F C I N C M I O I S G G.”

Nexuiz, a guest to the XBLA House Party on February 29 for 800 MS Points ($10), recently shot out a trailer featuring the most gameplay we’ve seen yet. We also have a preview of the twitch shooter if you’re looking for more.

You’ve had Twisted Metal for a few days now, and you’re already sick of Sweet Tooth’s vanilla-style ice cream truck. Frankly, you want a cheetah print one. And series creator David Jaffe is happy to walk you through just how you’ll be able to do that in a yet-to-be-released web application, as seen above.

Former baseball player turned 38 Studios founder Curt Schilling made a visit to Conan O’Brien’s late night talk show this week. After discussing his beautiful with Tom Arnold and telling a story about some US soldiers playing Call of Duty while at war, he showed off a special “Irish American” version of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, featuring a virtual Schilling squaring off against “Gnomon O’Brien.” You can watch the short interview and clip below.

It’s cute, even if it’s not a good representation of what the game is actually like. Then again, it is a late night talk show, so eliciting a chuckle and getting the name said a few times is probably worth it.

The PlayStation Vita launched this week with the “First Edition” bundle, but the mainstream hardware launch will take place next Wednesday. Check out our Vita launch guide page for easy access to our reviews and other details regarding the PSVita.

The Indie Games section of Xbox Live has been a point of contention for indie developers since its launch, in part because the app was hard to find and confusing to navigate. Microsoft has since made improvements — with the most recent dashboard update, even — but a group of indie devs and industry enthusiasts are speeding up the process with a new app for Windows Phone, tentatively called the XBLIG Companion.

The XBLIG Companion scrapes the RSS feeds of XboxIndies.com and gathers the XML and CSV data for every applicable game, updating the app’s listings as the games are updated themselves. XBLIG Companion will offer easy browsing of Xbox Indie Games’ selection and will allow users to purchase games for their consoles directly from their phones.

Created by Casey Young and organized by Dave Voyles, XBLIG Companion is currently in beta testing — anyone with a Windows Phone 7 can check out the prototype now by contacting Dave [at] ArmlessOctopus [dot] com, and leaving feedback right here. Now that wasn’t so difficult, was it, Microsoft?

Having completed Syndicate before EA ships it next week, Swedish developer Starbreeze has let several employees go. The company employed 93 individuals while working on the FPS reboot, 25 of which have been dismissed, according to GamesIndustry.biz (registration required). Starbreeze chairman Peter Tornquist has also reportedly resigned.

“It is sad that we are forced to make staff cutbacks affecting employees. But we have to reduce staff after the final delivery of the Syndicate,” CEO Mikael Nermark told GI.biz. Layoffs at development studios on the cusp of shipping a title has quickly become the norm for the industry. We don’t like to see anyone lose their job and hope the individuals in Sweden affected by our least favorite tag find new work as soon as possible.

Gangstas in Space is the second of three downloadable add-ons included in THQ’s Season Pass, which snags users 15 percent off the total price of the DLC packs when bought separately.

Gangstas in Space sees the Boss and new character Jenny Jaros attempt to make a movie… in space. A series of new missions (that may or may not include blow-up dolls) will feature an alien invasion, which shouldn’t be too different from the Earthbound missions. The aliens will probably be wearingless outrageous clothing than any of the people you’ve fought previously.

We’re not even ashamed to admit we’re excited about “DragonballZ Kinect,” an unannounced game rated by Korea’s Game Ratings Board. Usual Dragon Ball Z game publisher Bandai Namco is listed as the publisher for this game.

It’s not hard to imagine a Kinect-based Dragon Ball Z game, all yelling into the microphone to “power up” your character, making wild flailing motions to throw Kamehameha Waves and Spirit Bombs at smirking, airborne jerks with tall hair, and maybe even walking in place to pantomime the destructive stomps of a crazed space gorilla.

Whatever we imagine this game includes, the real thing’s going to be so much goofier. We can’t wait to find out.